EN 1.5510 Steel vs. Nickel 625
EN 1.5510 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 33 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 240 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 530 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1600 | |
| 790 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 520 | |
| 320 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 1.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 290 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 260 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 710 | |
| 260 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 57 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 39 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 47 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.149 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |